After September 11, 2001, U.S. officials authorized the cruel treatment and torture of prisoners held in Afghanistan, Iraq, Guantanamo, and the CIA's secret prisons overseas.

This database documents the U.S. government's official experiment with torture. At present, the database contains well over 100,000 pages of government documents obtained primarily through Freedom of Information Act litigation and requests filed by the ACLU, and through litigation of Salim v. Mitchell, a lawsuit brought by the ACLU on behalf of the survivors and the family of a dead victim of the CIA torture program. To learn more about the database, please read the About and Search Help pages. If you're a developer, you can also access this data through our API.

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Nov. 13, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3364
Synopsis of memo: requested observations/recommendations of The National Center for the Analysis of Violent 'Crime (NCAVC) concerning the day-to-day operation of the GTMO Project.
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Stephen R. Wiley, Frankie Battle
Nov. 11, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3414
Detainee states he was initially questioned by members of his home government who told him that "the United States is very weak and in financial ruin because of the Trade Center bombing". Detainee also stated that the delegation told him that the ...
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Dietary manipulation, Environmental manipulation, Temperature
Nov. 20, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3415
Detainee interviewed at Camp Delta, Guantanamo stated that he "felt that his human rights were being violated and that he should be represented by an attorney" And "did not like his treatment, and felt he and others were being treated like ...
Nov. 28, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3416
Detainee interviewed at Camp Delta Guantanamo. Detainee was asked again about the possibility of a planned mass suicide occurring amongst the detainees at the Camp. He said he knew nothing more about it and it did not apply to him. The detainee ...
Nov. 06, 2002 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3413
Detainee stated that the statments he made when captured in Afghanistan were un-true. He went on to state that he believed the Americans "interviewers are pigs and animals" and "if given the opportunity [he] would kill him". He concluded by ...
Nov. 07, 2002 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 915
Minutes of November 7, 2002 Meeting with the International Committee of the Red Cross . Contents redacted.
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Geoffrey D. Miller, Michael E. Dunlavey , John J. Perrone
Nov. 19, 2002 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 916
Minutes of November 19, 2002 Meeting with the International Committee of the Red Cross. Contents redacted.
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Geoffrey D. Miller, W. Scott Cummings, Adolph McQueen
Nov. 19, 2002 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 917
November 19, 2002 Meeting with the International Committee of the Red Cross. Contents redacted.
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo
John J. Perrone, Isadore Rommes, Adolph McQueen
Nov. 25, 2002 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 918
November 25, 2002 meeting with the International Committee of the Red Cross. Contents redacted.
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo
John J. Perrone, Adolph McQueen
Nov. 08, 2002 | DOS | ACLU-RDI 4431
Email from Beverly Holman forwarding email with attachments concerning an upcoming meeting with Swedish State Secretary Lars Danielsson. Attachments not included.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Beverly S. Holman
Beverly S. Holman